988 is code for self harm. similar to how 420 is code for weed.
"hey, do you 988?"
"yeah, how could you tell?"
40👍 7👎
"Dude, that's some serious 988 going on over there."
6👍 54👎
When you want to mention 988 thoughts(Suicidal thoughts) instead of saying that say 988 thoughts so if someone doesn’t know that 988 is the crisis hotline then they won’t know you want to kill yourself. So you inform those like school friends while only being able to talk to them at school.
Person A: Fuck man I’ve been having more 988 thoughts than before.
Person B: Hey it’ll get better dude.
Person C: *Trying to ease drop on the conversation but doesn’t know what 988 thoughts are*
Person D: *Knows what 988 thoughts are but doesn’t say anything and hope that person A will get better*